s8 retrospective.

So, the final issue. I think this warrants something a bit more than the usual, don’t you? After having thought about it, I decided to do a ‘reaction post’ to all the major arcs/revelation in s8, using gifs. Well, my reactions. Can’t speak for other people. And to start us off, here’s my reaction to the fact that we’ve finally come to the end…



I don’t really want to do any kind of meta, so I shall quote shadowkat67, who summed things up rather beautifully: The whole thing reads like fanfic - Alternate Universe fanfic. It does not feel like a true continuation of the story nor does it organically appear to flow from it. What it feels like is a big What-if Scenario that intrigued Whedon for it's thematic questions/implications, which Whedon appears to still be interested in.

I think that’s pretty spot-on. s8 is nothing more than Meltzer’s fanfic that Joss decided to OK. Personally I think this was a monumentally stupid idea that’s a done a lot more harm than good, but hey-ho, that’s life. But waffling is boring – let the gif party commence!

(Notes: I’ve not read #40 yet, so there are no spoilers. Although if you want to talk about it, please do.)

( Same procedure as every month! Except this time it's lethal for dial-up... )

s8 retrospective.

So, the final issue. I think this warrants something a bit more than the usual, don’t you? After having thought about it, I decided to do a ‘reaction post’ to all the major arcs/revelation in s8, using gifs. Well, my reactions. Can’t speak for other people. And to start us off, here’s my reaction to the fact that we’ve finally come to the end…



I don’t really want to do any kind of meta, so I shall quote shadowkat67, who summed things up rather beautifully: The whole thing reads like fanfic - Alternate Universe fanfic. It does not feel like a true continuation of the story nor does it organically appear to flow from it. What it feels like is a big What-if Scenario that intrigued Whedon for it's thematic questions/implications, which Whedon appears to still be interested in.

I think that’s pretty spot-on. s8 is nothing more than Meltzer’s fanfic that Joss decided to OK. Personally I think this was a monumentally stupid idea that’s a done a lot more harm than good, but hey-ho, that’s life. But waffling is boring – let the gif party commence!

(Notes: I’ve not read #40 yet, so there are no spoilers. Although if you want to talk about it, please do.)

( Same procedure as every month! Except this time it's lethal for dial-up... )